Chapter 70

[ARMONICA]

“I’m sorry—why am I stuck with you again?”

Zach rolled his eyes, tapping away something on his iPad while the car drove through the evening traffic.

“Because I don’t have a date and Tyler’s flight is three hours delayed.” He said, without even looking at me, and for the hundredth time perhaps, I let out a heavy sigh.

Just the mention of Tyler had my gut twist.

“Quit being dramatic,” Zach spared me a brief glance before dropping his focus back to the screen. “It’s only a matter of a few hours, then you’re free to go back to whatever.”

I knew where he was going with that insinuation. “Are you mad at me?” I asked, frowning.

It wasn’t even surprising anymore. Recently, everyone had been mad at me. Maybe I did have a role to play for Zara and Brandon to ignore me like a plague. But God knows, I didn’t mean to hurt them. Over the last few weeks, Zara had grown on me. And not only because my idiot cousin was crazy for her, but also because she was the kind of person I always aspir